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I opt for uploading images to Photobucket(a free photo hosting service) & copy the "Direct link" which drops down when you hover over the picture you just uploaded, then you just click the picture frame(just below the smiley face) in the bar above your post here in this forum & paste that direct link into the box that appears. Sounds complicated but it is not. If you have a problem just ask away as we are always willing to help. A belated welcome

For me, the life long love of history pushed me into this area of collecting, the advantage is that you can find extremely rare pieces, even unique ones, for a low price compared to most rare coins, coins are something I have never really collected, except for a limited few, the odd 1797 2 penny cartwheel etc . The field is so vast, the opportunities endless.

On-line translation(good enough for purpose) goes for the 19th Dauphin the future Louis XIV, so the jeton is 1638 & by Wolfgang Lauffer/Lavfer II Nuremberg, active 1618-1660; "NO. 49. (cinquefoil) A DELPHINO INCOLUMITAS. Dolphin tail wrapped and erect, sailing on the waves; the side right out of a cloud an arm decorated with a headline and holding a crown.R #. EX PACE UBERTAS. Nude peace until the belt, standing left, tour holding a cornucopia and setting on fire with a torch to a weapons monceau. A the epigraph: WOLF the VF.Copper. -Al. Chaper.Wolf Lauffer, Goldsmith to Nuremberg, worked during the reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV; his son Conrad, under the reign of Louis XIV. However, there is a token identical to that just described with the legend REICHE PF - C - l. # Reiche pffenige Conrad Lauffer #. There is some reason to think that the token with the name of Wolf is Louis XIV dauphin, the Conrad, on the contrary, the Grand Dauphin, son of Louis XIV."

Congrats on the very nice picture, it just reinforces, don't try & clean it.

http://www.cgb.fr/mo...t=552&nbfic=725 http://www.coinpeopl...__1#entry428403 Bust of the Dauphin, wearing a bonnet decorated with feathers, ostrich, and on the side of a "galant" a large Pearl is suspended; neck, a collar of lace attached by a Ribbon tied in a rosette; on the shoulders, a fleur-de-lis coat, wide ermine collar, decorated with the cord of the Holy Spirit. LVD XIIII ET MAR THER D G FRA ET NAV REX ET REG (Louis XIV et Marie-Thérèse par la grâce de Dieu roi et reine de France et de Navarre) , bustes affrontées de Louis XIV et de Marie Thérèse d'Autriche drapés. This wedding type(many varieties) was used from the wedding 1660 to 1673 paired with numerous diferent reverses, the Dauphin was born 1661, ergo your jeton dates 1661. http://books.google....20jeton&f=false A "galant" is a headband.

I can see why you purchased the spoons, beautiful. What a great collection :bthumbsup:

If it was mine I would leave it as it is.

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From an auction @ http://www.noble.com.au/auctions/lot/?id=11838

The 1811 Gilpin shilling is RR(very rare) see link. http://archive.org/s...ge/228/mode/2up

All 4 for £25.....can't be bad

If I was that defender on the wall, trying to repulse the escalading soldier, I would either be using the halberd as a pike, level with sharp end pointed at the enemy or if using it as an axe, both hands on the shaft & swinging the blade downwards. The advantage of a halberd is in its reach, which used either as a pike or axe, is greater than a sword, this means you can inflict damaged on a swordsman from a distance, do not get within his reach. As it is the defender looks vunerable to a sword thrust into his manhood...Ouch! That said, it is a very nice medal, I love the medieval key.

Great example Hiho.

Very nice! I like Julia's hair style, same as the 1920's finger wave, last pics below.

I missed the Vimy memorial $20 bill controversy, as I was in hospital at the time, so I just googled it & found it quite funny what people thought they saw! Plus "many people in the $100 bill focus group mistook a DNA strand for a sex toy, while some saw a skull on crossbones on the new $50", perhaps they should just give up on focus groups and "publish & be damned".

To be fair to the BoC; They show proposed designs to focus groups so as to try and avoid controversy, in this case it has backfired. Consider that visible minorities only make up around 20% of the population of Canada & that 20% is composed of Indian, African, Chinese, Japanese, Inuit & the other Native Canadian Indians, as well as people with certain disabilities etc. Showing a person from just one of those groups causes some people from the other groups to get upset because their group is not shown, I think it is nigh near impossible to represent them all on a banknote. Therefore the BoC goes with a person that looks like someone from the majority 80% considering it to be neutral, not intending it to be a slight against any of the visible minorities, or in fact against men! While I feel sorry for any prejudices & hardship visible minorities suffer I think that this just illustrates the impossibility of pleasing everyone in a multicultural society. I apologise in advance if I have missed any visible minority groups, it was not my intention to slight you in anyway.

What he said.

Nice collection Dave.

BHM#1077 rarity N., cannot help with the spare glasses though

Picture from this site http://foundsf.org/i..._Bay,_1850-1857 available under http://creativecommo...s/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Non commercial share alike. It was 1855 and San Francisco was celebrating the defeat of the Russians at Sebastopol in the Crimean War. South Park had been chosen as the scene of the festivities. This is how the day was reported in a newspaper. "The procession formed on Second St., from Market to Mission at 10:15 o'clock, four deep accompanied by a large concourse of people headed by the French, English and Sardinian flags, followed by the French and British consuls, naval officers and invited guests, the band playing appropriate tunes. A salute was fired by the British frigate Amphitrite lying off Rincon Point. At South Park an immense tent, 230 feet in length had been erected. Within were five banquet tables on each side, covered with a profuse supply of eatables, and with a bottle of wine at each plate. A roasted ox, standing, with his horns and all had been roasted so skillfully that the hair which was left on from the knees down was still unsinged. There was a cake about 12 feet high. In all 10,000 people were present. The whole concern broke up in a general riot, started by a band of rowdies. Later a large concourse of persons marched this evening to the residence of the Russian Consul, who appeared on the balcony, and with his seven year old son as interpreter expressed his appreciation of the sympathies of the crowd"

Picture from this site http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Early_Development_Around_Mission_Bay,_1850-1857 available under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Non commercial share alike.

I do not think it was to commemorate the cup win per se, just the victorious teams visit to the London mint, that is if they did visit of course. The French regulary use to strike medals to commemorate visits to the Paris mint, though I am unaware of any other medal commemorating a visit to the London mint. Hopefully the museum can help with the history of the medal, we know for sure it was struck at the old London mint and if they cannot they should be pleased to know of its existence. Perhaps you would be kind enough to keep us informed of any info you uncover

I find the urge to buy is always stronger than the urge to sell, even if that is now tempered by the higher prices & as a consequence of the more you have collected the less you need/want or can find etc. Buying comes pretty easy, photographing & posting somewhat less but the discipline needed to sort & sell duplicates is too hard.

Wale's national rugby league team is nicknamed the Dragons. "The next European Nations Cup brought better fortunes to the Welsh and they kicked off the competition, which was staged across Winter 1935 and 1936, with a 41-7 thrashing against France. The team were cheered on by 25,000 people at Llanelli, a town considered a rugby union stronghold. And three months later Wales did the unexpected and squeezed past England, winning 14-17 away at Hull. This was a huge result for Wales, having not beaten England since 1923, and they had won the cup for the first time" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_league_team Perhaps they visited the Tower Mint at this time & the mint struck the medals as commemoratives. I would think they are pretty rare, I have never seen one. You should contact the Royal Mint museum at http://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/about-us/contact-us/index.html & see if they can help you & perhaps confirm my suggestion. Good luck with your research.

Due to ill health I have a large backlog of medals & tokens waiting to be photographed & posted and in that backlog I have the same token. I believe it is a school merit award, issued for good conduct, or as a reward for academic excellence etc, similar to the Princess Charlotte school merit award tokens by Thomas Wright Hill, which I placed as circa 1818 in a previous post. I can see no reason why this token cannot be placed about the same time. Brown in BHM & Fauver in his work on Kettle's tokens differ as to the date of this series of tokens, which use various combinations of the King's head, Lord's prayer, Jehovah radiated crown etc, Brown places most of them as 1820 for George III death, whereas Fauver goes for 1810, George's 50th year as monarch, so if Brown is correct in his dating it would date 1820 or later but if Fauver is right it could be from 1810 on. The hole on your example appears to have been made in the same, very distinct way as this other Kettle token, BHM#995 RRRR. I think my reward of merit token is unholed but I am unable to check that fact at this time. As to rarity, neither Brown or Fauver mention this "Reward of Merit" token, Brown's omission is understandable as he purposely excluded school merit awards etc from his work, but Fauver would have included it if he had been aware of it, I have only seen a couple of examples myself so I would think it is pretty rare.